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"What's the Goldilocks Temperature: Do You Know the Average Human Body Heat?"

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In the mid-19th century, the German doctor Karl Reinhold August Wunderlich determined the average temperature of the human body.

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He believed that fever or high body temperature was a sign of disease and with this in mind, he introduced the temperature chart, which is still used to check fever.

He published the results of a study in 1868 which showed that the average body temperature was 37 degrees Celsius.

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Since then, it is believed that the average human body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius, which fluctuates depending on age, gender, and season.

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A new study has discovered that the average body temperature varies from person to person.

In this study by Stanford University in the United States, the body temperature data of more than 618 thousand people was collected between 2008 and 2017.

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The research team then used machine learning technology to determine the average body temperature.

During the research, it was discovered that patients with type 2 diabetes had a lower average body temperature.

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Similarly, it was discovered that body temperature fluctuates according to age, gender, height, weight, and time of day.

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According to research, women have a higher body temperature than men, while the average temperature decreases with age, but increases slightly with weight and height.

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The study found that the greatest effects on body temperature occurred at different times of the day, with the lowest at sunrise and the highest at 4 p.m.

Most people, including many doctors, believe 37 degrees Celsius is a normal temperature, the researchers said.

He said that the reality is that it depends on the individual and the situation, very rarely does a person's temperature reach 37 degrees Celsius.

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"We found the average normal temperature in people to be 36.3 to 36.8 degrees Celsius, so the overall average is 36.9 degrees Celsius," he said.

The researchers said that the results of the study will help in diagnosing fever.

 

 

 

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